The Boar's Head Tavern
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
Made immortal by Shakespeare, this used to stand in East- cheap, on the site of the present statue of
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “The Boar's Head Tavern” mean?
Made immortal by Shakespeare, this used to stand in East- cheap, on the site of the present statue of
Is “The Boar's Head Tavern” formal or informal?
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